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Move over Croatia, this year festival goers are heading to Greecehttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/jun/08/greece-electronic-dance-music-festivals-tourism
<p>After years of economic turmoil, a new wave of dance music festivals is attracting sun-loving young people this summer</p><p>Clubbing in Greece has come a long way since the days of drinking ouzo and climbing partially lit mountain trails to listen to Cretan music in ancient ruins. This summer, there are quality electronic music festivals taking place, with lineups including DJ Harvey, Midland and Jeremy Underground. You can snorkel in the day, party on the beach at night and even hike down a gorge to recover if you want.</p><p>Could Greece’s music scene restore its reputation as a tourist hotspot after years of economic downturn, social unrest and the human crisis that has led to <a draggable="true" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/28/greece-refugee-warehouses-not-fit-for-animals">overcrowded refugee camps</a>?</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/apr/13/seven-festival-pitfalls-and-how-to-avoid-them">Seven festival pitfalls and how to avoid them</a> </p><p>The Greek calendar is full of festivals and Greeks are always up for a celebration</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/festival-ready/2016/may/19/student-festival-startups-entrepreneurs">Student festival startups: 'too much fun to feel like work'</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/jun/08/greece-electronic-dance-music-festivals-tourism">Continue reading...</a>StudentsFestivalsFestivalsGreece holidaysAdvice for studentsClubbingMusic festivalsDance musicElectronic musicEurope holidaysHigher educationMusicTravelCultureWed, 08 Jun 2016 10:00:46 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/jun/08/greece-electronic-dance-music-festivals-tourismPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoTess Reidy2016-06-08T10:00:46ZThe pick of autumn's food festivalshttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/12/europe-best-food-festivals-harvest
Whether feasting on speck in South Tyrol or dining on sweet chestnuts in Croatia, here are 10 of Europe's best under-the-radar food festivals<p>The production of speck, a juniper-flavoured ham, is a tradition going back hundreds of years in the South Tyrol. If you head to the tiny hamlet of St Magdalena in the Funes/Villnöss valley early in October, you'll find speck, speck and more speck as the annual festival gets under way. As well as a 533m table showcasing various speck from the region, there is also traditional South Tyrolean music, a farmer's market and bread-baking demonstrations by some of the area's best chefs. Don't miss the performance by Hans Mantinger – revered in the region for the virtuosity he brings to cutting speck while accompanied by an accordionist – and the contest to find the world champion speck slicer. On the final day, the Speck Queen is crowned.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/12/europe-best-food-festivals-harvest">Continue reading...</a>FestivalsEurope holidaysFood and drinkTravelFood festivalsFood & drinkFestivalsLife and styleItaly holidaysFrance holidaysNorway holidaysCroatia holidaysGreece holidaysSpain holidaysAutumn food and drinkSat, 11 Sep 2010 23:04:19 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/12/europe-best-food-festivals-harvestPhotograph: Frieder BlickleSt Magdalena’s Speck Festival. Photograph: Frieder BlicklePhotograph: Frieder BlickleSt Magdalena’s Speck Festival. Photograph: Frieder BlickleNicola Iseard2010-09-11T23:04:19ZEurope's lesser-known music festivalshttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/jun/19/quirky-music-festivals-europe
From Balkan brass to a Portuguese trance-fest, these events all offer a different take on summer music<p>The equivalent of Burning Man, <a href="http://www.kazantip.com/" title="">Kazantip</a> is a month-long crazy rave on Popovka beach, where bikini-clad Russians dance in the Black Sea. It is pretty wild (Google the Vice magazine film and you risk being scared off) though it has toned down in recent years. This year's hosts Carl Cox, Global Underground and Joel Xavier. <br><em>• </em><a href="http://www.Kazantip.com" title=""><em>Kazantip.com</em></a><em>. From €240 a week, including guesthouse accommodation (book via website above). Fly to Simferopol via Kiev with </em><a href="http://wizzair.com/" title=""><em>Wizz Air</em></a><em> (wizzair.com)</em><br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/jun/19/quirky-music-festivals-europe">Continue reading...</a>FestivalsMusicShort breaksBulgaria holidaysSerbia holidaysGreece holidaysPortugal holidaysTravelFestivalsFri, 18 Jun 2010 23:05:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/jun/19/quirky-music-festivals-europePhotograph: Kirchgessner/laif/Markus Kirchgessner/laif/CameraThe Guca brass band festival, Serbia. Photograph: Markus Kirchgessner/laifPhotograph: Kirchgessner/laif/Markus Kirchgessner/laif/CameraThe Guca brass band festival, Serbia. Photograph: Markus Kirchgessner/laifGuardian Staff2010-06-18T23:05:00ZChorus of approval: Athens's performing arts festivalhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/jun/12/athens-performing-arts-festival-theatre
From Greek tragedy in an ancient amphitheatre to installation art in a former furniture factory, the city's annual summer festival is unmissable<p>The 1,800-year-old Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Roman amphitheatre on the south slope of the Acropolis, known locally as the "Herodion", lies somnolent until late spring but, with the onset of summer, it fills to the brim with 5,000 people most evenings of the week. As the sky turns deep purple and the last rays of sunlight illuminate the distant hills across the Saronic Gulf, an expectant silence descends as the evening's performance begins.</p><p>My visit to Athens coincided with the programme announcement for this year's <a href="http://www.greekfestival.gr/Default.aspx" title="">Athens and Epidaurus Festival</a>. The annual festival of the performing arts has undergone something of a renaissance in the last few years under the directorship of Yorgos Loukos. International theatre, music and dance performances take place from early June to late August in venues across the city, including the sublime setting of the Herodion.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/jun/12/athens-performing-arts-festival-theatre">Continue reading...</a>Athens holidaysFestivalsTheatreTravelCultural tripsGreece holidaysDanceOperaFamily holidaysFood and drinkFri, 11 Jun 2010 23:05:30 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/jun/12/athens-performing-arts-festival-theatrePhotograph: PRThe Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus holds up to 14,000 spectators.Photograph: PRThe Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus holds up to 14,000 spectators.Dominic Bailey2010-06-11T23:05:30Z30 fantastic new trips for 2010https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/jan/10/30-new-2010-trips
From a newly accessible ski area in Eastern Europe to a little-travelled corner of India, we have scoured the brochures for this year's most unusual and innovative ideas<p><strong>Ski in Eastern Europe</strong><br>European ski resorts are seeing some fantastic powder, but those on a tight budget should consider heading east, taking advantage of new flights from Danube Wings launched last month. They link Luton, Manchester and Dublin to Poprad-Tatry in Slovakia, which is less than an hour's drive from Jasna, the country's largest resort and with a growing off-piste reputation.<br>•<strong> Flights to Poprad-Tatry with Danube Wings (</strong><a href="http://www.danubewings.com" title="danubewings.com"><strong>danubewings.com</strong></a><strong>) cost from £150. For accommodation information see </strong><a href="http://www.tatry.net/accommodation/" title="tatry.net/accommodation"><strong>jasna.sk</strong></a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/jan/10/30-new-2010-trips">Continue reading...</a>Adventure travelSkiing holidaysSlovakia holidaysIndia holidaysCultural tripsSeychelles holidaysFamily holidaysWinter sports holidaysWinter sunScotland holidaysWinter Olympics 2010Vancouver holidaysNewcastle holidaysFestivalsAndorra holidaysGhent holidaysSurfing holidaysCornwall holidaysSt Lucia holidaysUnited States holidaysTwilightIstanbul holidaysShanghai holidaysGothenburg holidaysSantiago de Compostela holidaysRail travelAustralia holidaysZimbabwe holidaysSafarisGreece holidaysGolfing holidaysRyder CupMontenegro holidaysHeston BlumenthalRestaurantsMexico holidaysNorway holidaysNorthern lights holidaysAntarctica holidaysTravelWinter OlympicsOlympic GamesSun, 10 Jan 2010 00:06:07 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/jan/10/30-new-2010-tripsPhotograph: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFPThe Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious fesitval. It is held four times every 12 years, and in 2010 will be in Haridwar, India. Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFPPhotograph: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFPThe Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious fesitval. It is held four times every 12 years, and in 2010 will be in Haridwar, India. Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFPAnnabelle Thorpe2010-01-10T00:06:07ZFlying visit: Thessalonikihttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/mar/01/thessaloniki
<p><strong>Why now?</strong></p><p>The Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (March 7-16, Olympion Cinema, 0030 2310 378 400, <a href="http://www.filmfestival.gr">filmfestival.gr</a>) with linked exhibitions and concerts, should create a city-wide buzz. Not all the films are in Greek. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/mar/01/thessaloniki">Continue reading...</a>TravelShort breaksGreece holidaysCultural tripsFestivalsFilmCultureFestivalsSat, 01 Mar 2008 00:14:21 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/mar/01/thessalonikiPhotograph: PRWhy go now ... the Thessaloniki Documentary film festival is creating a buzzPhotograph: PRWhy go now ... the Thessaloniki Documentary film festival is creating a buzzGuardian Staff2008-03-01T00:14:21Z